WEBVTT >> THE NFL IS SORT OF THE 800POUND GORILLA IN OUR COUNTRY ANDCERTAINLY IN SPAIN AND OTHERPARTS OF THE WORLD, SOCCER IS ANEVEN BIGGER PHENOMENON.ANDREW: CINCINNATI HAS SHOWN ITCAN COMPETE ON THE WORLD STAGEWHEN IT COMES TO SOCCER ENERGYAND ENTHUSIASM.FC CINCINNATI WILL HOST ANINTERNATIONAL FRIENDLY MATCHWITH A TEAM FROM SPAIN'S LALIGA.>> ARGUABLY, THE TOP LEAGUE INTHE WORLD.SO TO BRING A TEAM HERE FROMFIRST DIVISION SPAIN, YOU'REBRINGING ONE OF THE TOP CLUBS INTHE WORLD.ANDREW: LAST YEAR, CINCINNATIHOSTED CRYSTAL PALACE FROM THEENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE.THEIR MANAGER WAS LEFT WITH AFANTASTIC IMPRESSION OFCINCINNATI SOCCER FANS.>> SPEAKS TO WHAT OUR FANS, WHATTHIS COMMUNITY HAS BUILT IN JUSTA LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR THATTEAMS FROM SOME OF THE BIGGESTLEAGUES IN THE WORLD WANT TOCOME TO CINCINNATI AND PLAY USIN A FRIENDLY.ANDREW: THE SPOTLIGHT WILL SHINEON CINCINNATI FROM A DIFFERENTPART OF THE WORLD, THANKS TOSOCCER.THE SUMMER FRIENDLY IS COMING UPON JULY 24 HERE AT NIPPERTSTADIUM.PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEASON TICKETSARE GOING TO GET THE FIRST CRACKAT TICKETS FOR THE SUMMERFRIENDLY, AND PEOPLE WHO BUYTICKETS TO THE COLUMBUS CREW

The club planned to announce the specific team that would be visiting for the match, but CEO Jeff Berding said it could only announce the league.

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“To bring a team here from first division Spain, you’re bringing one of the top clubs in the world,” Berding said.

Last year, Cincinnati hosted Crystal Palace from the English Premier League for an international summer friendly. Berding said that club’s manager was left with a good impression of Cincinnati and the city’s soccer fans.

Hosting another international friendly will give Cincinnati another chance to shine on the world stage, he said.

“It speaks to what our fans, what this community has built in just a little more than a year that teams from some of the biggest leagues in the world want to come to Cincinnati and play us in a friendly,” Berding said.

Season ticket holders will be given the first opportunity to buy tickets to the friendly match.